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Personal Info

Birth date

1987-03-28 (38 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Also known as

黄谷悦

Jimmy Wong

Biography

Jimmy Wong is a Chinese American actor, host, chef, and singer songwriter. Most recently, he was announced as a cast member of Disney's Mulan (2020) playing the character Ling, one of Mulan's friends in the army. Previously, he starred in the hit webseries Video Game High School (2012-2014), created the cooking show Feast of Fiction online to over 1 million subscribers, cohosts the popular Magic the Gathering podcast The Command Zone and Game Knights, and is the face of DisneyXD's gaming show Polaris Primetime. Online, his content has been viewed over 300 million times across his numerous projects. He is the younger brother of popular director and creator Freddie Wong of RocketJump. His content can be found all across the internet, representing the entertainment, geek, gaming, and cooking worlds.

Jimmy first became known after a racist incident at UCLA, when a sorority student posted a vlog rant against Asians studying too loudly in the library, openly mocking their accent and language. Jimmy responded with the "Ching Chong, It Means I Love You" song, which garnered national attention and over 5 million views. Later that year, Jimmy created the cooking show Feast of Fiction, dedicated to bringing foods seen in movies, video games, cartoons, and TV shows to real life. In 2012, Jimmy starred as one of the three titular characters in the massively popular webseries Video Game High School for three seasons. In 2018, Jimmy was announced as a main cast member of Mulan (2020), playing the role of Ling, one of Mulan's friends in the army.

Jimmy has hosted for a wide range of projects, creating the top show Game Knights for Magic: the Gathering alongside cohost Josh Lee Kwai, and has represented brands across various projects such as Disney XD, Nintendo, Riot Games, Wizards of the Coast, Food Network, Starbucks, PepsiCo, Showtime, Google, Lionsgate, Walmart, IGN, Bon Appetit, State Farm, Conagra, and more.

Filmography

Acting

TBANightmare City as Unknown

2025Parlor Room (1 Episode) as Self

2024Ouch! as Co-Worker

2022Phoning It In (2 Episodes) as Self

2021The Equalizer (1 Episode) as Bank Manager

2021Wish Dragon as Din (voice)

2020Mulan as Ling

2018Um, Actually... (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant

2017Without A Recipe (5 Episodes) as Judge

2017Parker Plays (6 Episodes) as Self

2017The Circle as Foreign Born Circler

2017Fallen For You as Balthazar

2015RocketJump: The Show (1, 1 Episode) as Chang Rodriguez, Jimmy

2015Dude Bro Party Massacre III as Sizzler

2013Dean Slater: Resident Advisor as Yuji Sikora

2013John Dies at the End as Fred Chu

2012VGHS: The Movie as Ted Wong

2012Video Game High School (21 Episodes) as Ted Wong

2012MyMusic (8 Episodes) as Leader

2012TableTop (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2010BlackBoxTV Presents (16 Episodes) as Frankie

2007The Guild (1 Episode) as Slacker #3

1986Young Hearts High Hopes (10 Episodes) as Unknown

Camera

2011Overheard 2 ... Steadicam Operator